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"Are you sure?" He nodded He exhaled, slowly releasing the tainted air His body slowly relaxed

"Ephraiht you went back to work" He opened his eyes He couldn’t not look at her It was as simple as that

He cupped her cheek "I’m fine It didn’t hurt Now I feel better" He nodded and pressed a soft kiss to her lips

It was starting to beco, but he was fine He didn’t need to breathe It was just a habit The longer he held it though the more uncomfortable he would becorandmother and mother "Oh, I’m sorry everyone rushed down here I didn’t mean to nant and I’ll be very happy," Candy whispered

"I’nant, Candy I slipped in the bathroom the other day and let’s just say I didn’t land well There’s internal swelling"

Both woh said," Mrs Buck health insurance?"

Madison’s cheeks flushed scarlet "I have to be there for a full year before I’ible for that benefit"

"Oh, what about sick days and vacation?"

She looked away from Ephraim She missed the last three days and thanks to the doctors note in her pocket she would miss another two, but her job was protected That was one small favor

"No, no sick days or vacation days for a year"

"Honey, you can’t afford tooff your student loans, not to mention car insurance and your other bills Do you still have your savings? Please tell s I know you didn’t spend it all on that Jeep of yours"

"Grandma, can we talk about this later?" Her eyes darted to Ephrai?

"No, do you have savings to cover this?" She gestured to the bill in Madison’s hands

"No, I put it towards my student loan, but it’s okay, Grandma, they have a payment plan here and it’s really not that much Don’t worry about it"

Mrs Buckman’s eyes narrowed on her Her hter She wasn’t satisfied hat she saw there so she snatched the bill from Madison’s hands

"Nineteen hundred dollars for a doctor’s visit?"

Madison grabbed it back "I had to have a sonograe, blood tests, an x-ray, an exauess Don’t worry about this I’ll be fine"

"How? You’re not going to be able to pay your bills thislady, it said no work for two more days," Mrs Buckman said

"I’ll be fine"

"No, you won’t Even without that bill you’re going to be tight Oh, sweetie, I wish you had coet you on my insurance"

She quickly wiped the tears fro a scene"

Well, the women certainly did his work for his were starting to cra for the last ten minutes He snatched the bill fro?" Madison asked

Without looking back he walked over to the cashier and handed the bill and his bank card over

"All on this card?" she asked He nodded "Sign here…all set Thank you, Mr Williams Have a nice day"

He nodded